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Мах 27, 1865.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 487 
a terribly cold winter an had, with S үре however, seen some of those with umbrella-formed | he would have chosen. Should aswarm issue tolerably 
standing at 5°, and once at even —5°. б. beaut ifal when the zone has been bright, | early in tbe e d under such n — 
bad time to c aede Канаш оп Ud инеге кад | апа the leaves Kawi imbricated well one over the iu about 10 day a fortnight after being located in 
emtoms of е natives. Опе very cold night ше other. As the breadth and depth ofthe zone is super may be Nom Pao it to be 
Tien-sin fire brigade w as called out to extinguis t hed. It should a not be put on before, or the queen 
fire, and its admirable organisation elicited | praise. At a Pelargoniums, it bec ecessary, with this end i ill al nly make 
public bath 1 to hybridize with tko having the dispu: ready for her, and spoil them as honey combs for 
Phim a farthing, а t а on, anc for thickest, and , broadest zones. But there are many table e 
1 Пере, beddi 
ri 
viser One a с col 
i 
we ‚до mot г require zones; these | should be erosse 
pe Agr with 
t plain- leaved — 
uld be 
When removed at the close of the season, or when 
filled, it should be care fully — €" es 
stock has stored a suffici cient amoun nt f 
thin washy- “looking ze zones sho 
as QUIM IA case. 
are very their 
occurred among the soldiers fr 1 1 һе ит бөр їп фе pm 
А other rds carried off fr mperial ad two A species of t d Felargoniama one | rende eei тт [^ ding purposes chiefly. Many a 
library, а statistical fact has been ascertained, about | under the name of zonale, and the other under ue of | fine colony has been sacrificed this cause, 
which much doub d previously existed, viz. the | inquinans. These distinction poea | very the proprietor imagining, because he has been 
actual population of China. These pa r ake it trivial the an difference being, that ki fortunate in obtaining a box or glass of fine combs, 
413,000,000 in China Proper and Manchuri t quantity of zonal matter is penh up at|that the stock hive r necessarily be also fully 
of Formosa and some other outlying possessions. rtain seasons in a part of the leaf, p the other provisioned. No x common mistake, or one 
Dr. Rennie writes—“ Mar ch 9th, .1861. Iti is bs rim із попе of this Vert gon what matter dre to be fatal the well-being of an apiary 
of observ QUU distribute thr roughont the whole o f | managed гд 2 s depriving system, can occur. In the 
the European troops are very considerable, "th 1 , the of 1862 our 
are wonderfully - healthy. Their usual half тогай 4 of 
mta нат "be pem increased for a 
d adm yx ш has been 
меуі о а whole pound. "Tbe bulk of their diet 
of 2159 ten flour baked into Касон? bread.” 
Af ie da 
ys after this, Dr. Rennie left Tien-tsin for 
Peking, as Bur rgeon to her Majesty's Legation In one 
oi that time ie forces were withdrawn, with 
eriod b 
For 
this purpose Ї have found nothing „better than sheep- 
шеа а super. i 
5 lb., was removed with some degree of satisfaction ; 
vu on examining the stock from which the кчы 
dung, either used as liquid manure, 
jus under the surface of the mould. Next to this 
Ei fresh horse droppings used in the same way ; 
cow. -dung Ii have поб found Бо efficient. But. sun- 
Аси supply was required fo for 
r ow: nsumptio: e did not hesitate to 
meum С he to the ed "ө, апа Ше verme 
Ж it. m PE 
de. exception of a small detachment whic 
to hold the ne Forts. 
We have exceeded the u limits of a review, and 
bes Mors. pass over D Rennie's арача in 
whi ch are e written i in much the same style, a and 
Y ures, as it is of сог hyll. 
for exhibition, or Wer purposes, it ty Ауу to 
epaid the e nsideration by giving a 
| qui sity 'of fine hon 
as been previously stated that —— — 
the North China part of the volume will be judged to 
be, from the notice and brief extracts here given. 
Florists Времен 
Ms the ие es : amount of colour in y not 
ce ertain n period, it should be contrived а t th ] are usually qu aite useless, "This pes 
са comparativo в state of rest, в Lo r | less vil е uu to ie е held by а large 
to six к. previous, according to their E degree of | number of bee-keep only say that we ned 
ex xcitability i in this respect—for some are much more | obtained supers ери in аб from 10 lb. 4070 Ib. 
And this rest АБДЫ havo been | which had not been ve pen mae least. The entrances 
80 iud ie t her may have pretty well exhausted | of all supered терым uld be very much w ider than 
the soil, "pne after a fortnight’s | M. ER thé | sue rr rers y used. p 
entrances, l f the h 
Ix Mr. Perry's arks 
PELARGONIUMS at p. 244, he Ninh js uus the merit of 
н А raised tt Bush. This, out of med to 
с r, I must beg to disclai It was raised by | у 
pw , Parts er а ger's houso, Black- 
im. 
afforded, keeping them the glass as ios ре 
Тһеу will Steele Ъ заа 1 6 improve in EN 
am —€— will continue to do for three weeks o 
utb, a fter which time the zonal matter will 
інн may with et deri be: Ti ain or more in 
length. This e nables the bees to —€—4 the whole 
bros of comparimen ts. To some o of o our es we can 
rim space is 
the 
vt. at present the establishment of H.R. 
Arthur, E r. Basket I received ihe "original 
m I 
m 
istributed ita off pring to t the trade. 
ud so much in the SA AUR of colour, vu con 
tribute also in its dissipation, both being perfectly 
fully 
its den de ts (whioh 1 am quite satisfied to leave to 
lth So that when the leaves have bee 
adi to their highest зер of colour, de it is wished 0 
е, shading from 
Cottage hives кч Td. be omitted, or filled up if 
been cut, and entraaces hollow ed out in the floor- 
boards of 7 — e ^mt by s an inch in depth. 
These can be contracted a ге by moveable 
er, 
к ичре of the public) the property of early 
ment, an and this constitu ates it „е earliest of any 
Vo mm kin 
e dis iai on of era md Bush, 
хене, : itention to gen 
Ж т аа rm Toant nde vary rever sar 10 
in ia tel „obedience to artifici » treatment, Some are 
elargoniums, I may, ыыт die 
give a few of the results 
ац 
ev care 
ои skin on the upper side of the leaf, within 
Fw -—- в of the zo onal mark, carefully avoiding to go | из 
nd, | gi a g 
раса "ue rar the ма. І shall К have 
he 
high, he T voire, perforated zi 
capricious, во ыле Pr directions I have |t 
must only be eneral way 
the holes become iin up = ш bees. 
something to as to variegation., John Hally, 
Blackheath 
e Apiary. 
" M 
that ventil: 
| 
| th: 
ation doe 
Some judgment -ee by the 
in the SUBSEQUENT MANAGEMENT OF HIS Ну; 
t may be 
Ы well Шей with bees, ap 
ually ey eos departed, 
epe M ln 
chl ns x 
5 
hella 
The | su 
а stock which has fairly commenced obtai, 
This matter), and in "E cells 
J 
abes b thering а little 
БАТ cg ind it will be foun d 
cie white edge of a 
oft 
or t 
a vari 
e occasion ofte енн 
d аз І know по! thing of its chem except 
ical nature, 
tit acts as an acid (I only deal with it asa ‘natural 
ена ), I will call it for convenience the zonal 
t alto- | 
gether. If ine hould be еу ery koaua of a 
swarm "havi ving emt LAT it d m at once be given 
,|up as еч but seai and the adjoining 
rden 
MES 
had —A magnificent exhibition of some of t 
sn by usin А gm of the larger dimensions, 
абу of 40 lb. and upwards are by no means rare. 
da. 
EY's RHODODENDRONS. 
he very best of 
Garden retenir 
WATERER AND Оорғ 
eir i dd рше in the evenings as 
ые at 60 eme the 
per matter, noting a as any other 
th 
ori м Вз er in the leaf, M xD 
inst 
ire for public inspection in 
Horticultural Society at South Ke ensington, and 
the Garden of the Royal 
with 
super, 
year, we 
show 
A have seldom seen a much more effective or pleasing 
d under the fiue tent 
rnatory purposes, pro 
drought, or any other bedarf And 
It 
— vil not cadet pe Dari 
pur up Piae purposely for such deer in much 
anner as we have hard an ft-bult 
at all 
d less defi: iie ao nes, 
and n ave habitat of at all. ru think it will be found 
having sufficient room e o 
under precisely simi 
d them, than 
others treated ance: 
We have Mad which, year 
fiho: ney withou De voei viaa | 
of the Барот! БЕ" mn os 
revails. Certain it is 
i some time in supers, and almost invariably eA 
aM Aur Jut ier filled fine | d 
А straight 
gravelled promenade, 39 fee К. width, passes along 
s. | the centre, on either side of which xe banks of Rhodo- 
walks, undary border, 
endrons, encircling w: aud a 
d | filled with ‹ choice Con 
Z Ав may be imagin oden- 
drons are mash m: as 1 are here, they 
ni i 
1 th 
thrown « off s swarms, when d Tn th v desk insi | 
Batterfora coria 
Es will pipe 
and stem ; 
its effects w 
with zones, the area of | 
free in its growth and 
moderately so, and | 
is p 
стени by === the 
stimulant on 
weakened, the often en an 
nd hon instances % | 
d, when 
no mp v jen edebat e 
een] чооон boon, though it ape 
o-thirds | nec 
that 
y th фе bees 1ешей о an, aftar siz or seven e Rim cane 
utif qme succeed | Eve 
Sir C. 
aspe d Kifrida. Among pale ida gps = не] аге 
1 album mum, ue album Lia randi- 
To salmon 
-coloured sor! he of 
Eleanor Catheart, Stella isa splendid йй, 
апа beautiful, Purples 
& be thankful foran 
exactly that which ! prize 
аге concessum, 
